OPW Retail Fueling News

In July of last year, the manufacturer of the authorization component of the SmartLock system announced that they will be ending support for Pacific Pride's existing SmartLock installations. In order to correct the current market misconception that OPW will no longer offer a Pacific Pride processing solution, OPW Fuel Management Systems President, Phil Carlin, has been invited to speak at Pacific Pride's break out session at the WPMA show in Las Vegas.

The newly combined company will be called OPW EMEA and will represent all Retail Fueling, Tank Gauges, KPS, and Fibrelite product lines. The new OPW EMEA will be headquartered in Kungsör, Sweden at the KPS facility.

Fresh off an impressive and exciting exhibition at the 2013 PEI-NACS show, OPW attended the 20th edition of Autocomplex from October 23-25 in Moscow, Russia. In the PetrolPlaza Autocomplex recap video below, Carman Kobza, Managing Director EMEA, and Denis Pokrovsky, Executive Director Russia, CIS, Baltic, discuss OPW's recent acquisitions of KPS and Fibrelite as well as emerging trends in the petrol retailing market in Russia and the CIS countries.

The new OPW AdMaster Nozzle Advertising System has been specifically designed to provide an effective and affordable way to help drive traffic from the fuel island into the store. With AdMaster, marketers can place important promotional messages at their customers’ fingertips in clear view while they fuel their vehicles.

Keith will report directly to OPW president, David Crouse. Since 2008, Keith has served as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for OPW Fueling Components, North America. Sales responsibilities will be handled within the four individual OPW business units.

With contactless RFID technology becoming an increasingly common method for driver identification, this new addition to the PV100’s available feature set is designed to provide users with a cost effective, durable and secure way to add proximity HID keyfob functionality to fuel sites.

In his new position, Mr. Kammerer will be responsible for developing and leading an integrated team of Product Managers for the company’s newly created Retail Fueling Business Unit. In May, OPW combined its aboveground and belowground business units as part of a broader strategic growth initiative introduced by OPW president, David Crouse. Kammerer’s responsibilities will include all facets associated with new product development, product management, and product marketing.

OPW, a Dover Company (NYSE: DOV), is proud to announce that Carman Kobza, Managing Director of OPW EMEA, recently participated on a Czech Chamber of Commerce official business mission to the Middle East.

By gaining this certification, OPW is providing assurance that it is in control of the organizational processes and activities that can have an impact on safety and the environment, while also assuring to its employees that they are working for an environmentally responsible company.

OPW, the global leader in integrated fluid handling solutions, announced today that effective immediately, it has combined its Above Ground and Below Ground Business Units. The new business unit will be known as OPW Retail Fueling.

For OPW Fueling Components operations, Sankha will report to Richard Chen, Managing Director of OPW Asia Pacific, and have the responsibilities for all OPW operations in India, including the shared service management. India Design Centre will have a dotted line reporting into him.